iPhone Medical Apps: news, reviews, trends

Jitterbug Acquires MobiWatch to Bring Easy-to-Use Personal Safety Services to Consumers Anytime, Anywhere

Jitterbug, the leader in delivering easy-to-use, innovative and life-enhancing wireless services to people who seek simplicity, today announced that the company has acquired MobiWatch, a company focused on developing Mobile Personal Emergency Response Services (M-PERS). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition will provide Jitterbug customers with personal safety services that are intuitive, reliable and delivered through the easy-to-use Jitterbug cell phone. These new ser...

New and Noteworthy Medical iPhone Apps released last week in App Store

New weekly review by Iphone Medical Apps and News Aggregator: "New and Noteworthy Medical iPhone Apps released last week in App Store". New apps last week(from 28/oct  - 4/nov): ~ 45. We were selected these 6 new and noteworthy medical apps only: 1. CobbMeter Go! / App Store CobbMeter is a medical tool designed to measure the Cobb angle, the kyphosis angle, and the sacral slope on vertical spine radiographs ; It is intended to the Spinal care professional, and turns the iphone i...

Medical programmers are just as bad as the doctors.

Source:  http://thesystemmd.com Convert Doctor–patient into Programmer–doctor Take the discussion above, substitute the doctor for the patient, and make the computer programmer the person having the special knowledge. In other words, make the doctor the end-user and the programmer the one who organizes the information. With most medical IT systems, doctors experience the same frustration and user-unfriendliness as patients do when they try to get medical data. Read more:  link

Diversinet – free apps and $1.6M Q3 mobile health revenues

Yes, Diversinet's  partner AllOne Mobile Corporation sell apps for free. But Mobile security solutions provider Diversinet recently released its third quarter financial statements and  the company announced more than $1.6 million in revenues. "We are pleased with our progress during the quarter, as we continued to develop our suite of products and protect our intellectual property by adding to our portfolio of patents," said Albert Wahbe, Diversinet's Chairman and CEO. "Our financial posi...

North Shore-LIJ Launches Mobile Website to Provide Easier Access for Patients on the Go

The North Shore-LIJ Health System and Element115.net announced the launch of a mobile version of the NSLIJ Health System`s corporate website -- www.northshorelij.com -- utilizing the web technology solution of Element115.net. The mobile website, offered as part of Element115.net`s healthcare technology platform, delivers a greatly improved experience for website visitors using a mobile device such as a Blackberry, iPhone or Palm. The new platform on www.northshorelij.com enables mobile ...

Connect software will embed ‘meaningful use’

For iPhone software developers in government sector. Great potential! Source: http://www.govhealthit.com Federally developed software that lets organizations exchange health information will incorporate features next year to help users become “meaningful” users of health IT, according to a Health and Human Services Department executive. The updated version of the Connect software tool-set will make it easier for health care organizations to conduct transactions such as electronic prescr...

U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Joins mHealth Alliance

The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest commitment ever by any nation to combat a single disease, is joining the mHealth Alliance as a founding partner. The partnership was announced by Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, who oversees implementation of PEPFAR, in a keynote address he delivered to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health mHealth Summit conference in Washington, D.C. Read more: link

Smartphones increase trust among doctors; privacy concerns for patients

Source: http://mobihealthnews.com “It is amazing how much this technology begins to change culture. When communications and information flow are limited, too often a culture of distrust develops. But with improved communications and information sharing, feelings of greater teamwork and collaboration soon follow,” Dr. Robert Murphy, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at The Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Texas told the BBC during a recent interview. Murphy contends that since his 13 hospit...

Joint wireless home care solution

Source: http://www.australianageingagenda.com.au The two providers have developed a system that is able to automate time and attendance records for home visits by combining Procura’s software and SkyNet’s SatTrack application on GPS capable handsets. The companies say their joint solution is able to boost productivity by streamlining business processes. SatTrack is a mobile GPS-based solution for any support application that needs accurate location and job information at the click of a ...

AllOne Mobile Cell Phone Application Expands Capabilities of MedFlash

AllOne Mobile(SM), a cell phone application developed by AllOne Health and secured by Diversinet Corp. to put personal health and insurance information at consumers’ fingertips, will be distributed with MedFlash(TM), a product offered by Connectyx. MedFlash stores personal health and lifestyle information on a portable flash drive and in an online personal health record. The MedFlash web site allows users to maintain and update their information and upload it to the flash drive. MedFlash can ...